Considering a Praetorean RP (Staying in Praetorea) Group

I've been casually thinking about playing some Praetoreans with a group of people where we plan to stay in Praetorea.
Which, would possibly keep the characters limited to level 20 or thereabouts.

I am not positive that it is a great idea... but instead of just kicking it around internally, I thought I'd kick it out to others here, for a change.

I've been thinking about doing a Loyalist or Powers Division group of Praetoreans who believe in the Empire and the society we've been raised within. Using our powers and abilities for the greater good, to maintain peace and order for our great home.

Different personalities and shifting opinions would add nicely to the mix, of course.

The one thing that has been on my mind is the idea of delaying any drastic shifts and departures from that mindset and core belief of staying loyal to our roles within the Empire (Which may be difficult with the arcs), so that we can enjoy a long and continued RP existence within Praetorea.

Honestly, I plan to (separately) go through each of the arcs with some alts just to experience them somewhat OOCly... But I've been thinking more and more how it could be great to have a core of Role-Players that persist in Praetorea, as opposed to riding the arcs and heading for Prime Earth and the back and forth that may follow.

Honestly, having a Resistance group (From some of our members or other players interested) would be a lot of fun as well, and hopefully we can have great interactions among others who strive for continuous presence within Praetorea as either side (Both in conflict and perhaps some odd mutual endeavors or whatever may arise).

Some RPed espionage could be fun (Although, again, I'd like to focus on delaying major shifts... still, progression must happen, in whatever forms people and characters deem necessary).

• I'm leaning towards a Kinetic Melee/Will Power Scrapper (But after thinking I'd be a Loyalist, I am now leaning towards a brazen member of the Powers Division... as it seems a better choice for remaining within the Empire and getting up to some fun action and glory seeking there... Perhaps a shift from Powers to Loyalist eventually)

• I'm a medium-heavy role-player, I suppose... I enjoy doing things in-character as much as possible. I use brackets for OOC stuff (And don't mind terribly chatting OOC through sessions, so long as we're not destroying quality IC sessions for ourselves and most importantly for others).
• I believe in being respectful and not jumping on people's ideas, but trying to collaborate and make it all work for everyone's mutual enjoyment.
• I'm not huge on knowledge of lore, but I love to learn and follow it (And willing to bend if needed). Honestly, I feel more comfortable with the lore of Praetorea than Prime Earth, hehe (Maybe because it is somewhat new for all of us, so I'm not starting out far behind).
• I love specific AE missions for our own content (Which, I suppose, if we find the need and want to... could work for beyond level 20 stuff and OOC trips outside of Praetorea [I don't think there is AE in Praetorea... am I wrong?]).
• I like to play through missions at a casual pace and prefer talking and RPing over action... but prefer a great mix of the two! Fight, discuss things, if relevant or something comes up... move on when the characters deem appropriate, etc.
• I don't care much for walks on the beach until the sun goes down and so long as I don't get too much sand in anything of mine (clothes or body...).
• I'm a fun, humorous, reasonable and mature guy, who just likes to immerse himself in a virtual world and play through the mind of someone else for fun and a bit of outside perspective from a fictional character's brain.
• I prefer a group of mature co-leaders/no-leaders/we're-all-leaders group (Much like my main SG, the Paragon Universe).

• I'm in New York, East Coast time and can generally be on between 7PM and midnight (And often times much later).
• I have a wife gamer/role-player who is a quality player in her own right and may or may not be interested in this (have only casually mentioned it in passing once, I think).
• My play times can be somewhat erratic, though I can generally commit to a weekly night, if we desire it. Some weeks I may be on just about nightly, other weeks I may only get on once. My work and life can have a shifting schedule, hehe.
• Undecided if we should shoot for a Static Team sort of thing... Perhaps at first, at least. One night a week, get things going... expand on that if/when we desire (People can play and level more if they want... eh, who knows!).
  

I like the idea. I'd planned to roll a Kin/Regen scrapper, loyal to the emperor, and was working on the 'what's he doing cruising paragon/rogue isles' angle. On the one hand, staying in Praetoria would fix that issue, but then again, not levelling past 20 would be a big drawback since I do like progression.

Then again, I could just roll another Kin scrapper and level him up in addition to the rp one.

This sounds fine with me, considering how terrible a leveler I am. I barely level, I'm 85% roleplay these days so keeping around 20 and roleplaying is perfecto.

I think the biggest obstacle to this idea is that Praetorians cannot join Supergroups or access Bases until they choose either Hero or Villain at the end of their arcs.

So this new expansion only lasts for 20 levels? What about endcapped characters anything for them? Not that I have anything higher than a level 10...

Also: I read that you can download Issue 18 before it goes live (Im assuming its the same thing as going rogue)... and that it will start downloading when you exit the game. But the client closes completely and I dont see it popup with the downloading going on.

So how do you get it to download?

I am so very interested in this idea. Only downside for me is that I live in Ireland and play on normalish GMT hours. That being said, I'd still love to give it a go! I've been a bit RP starved for a while.

I also might join with this. Praetorea has such beautiful locals! Heck for a base there are many locations that have a base like setting already.

There is also the loyalist Lounge in Nova complete with gambling tables! Or for resistance the Resistance base in the underground.

Id also like to add that I am interested as well.

Something I thought of.

Perhaps someone should make a Name saver Super Group via Hero or Villain that way when/If Praetorea gets bases we would already have a name.

This looks interesting. I'd love to join. Although unfortunately fall semester starts the 18th for me, but I dont think that will effect the weekends or late nights.

I have been making serious consideration of forming a loyalist SG myself, keep in mind I am not an RP'er but I believe RP'ers and non RP'ers can coexist and make a very productive SG if handled correctly. If a strictly loyalist RP only channel was created and SG chat was used for OOC chat only, I think it would draw more people towards RP and promote the two "cultures" working together. I really adore playing with RP'ers, I appreciate their perspective on things. I've lead quite a few task forces with RP'ers on Pinnacle, I actually lead the first successful LRSF task force on Pinnacle server all done with RP'ers, it was a blast. I'll be honest I used to think RP'ers were not very good players, this server has made a liar out of people who say "RP'ers have no skills". So lets form up something when GR goes live, any ideas for names ? I was thinking something with "United" in it for the communist feel of the Praetoria.

BTW I have a ventrilo

As of now Praetorians can't form or join SGs. They have to wait until they leave for the Isles or Paragon.

I wouldn't mind staying in Pareatoria if it weren't for the fact that we can't get capes. But hey, if the devs ever decide to lift that stupid rule much like they lowered the level cap for epic ATs... >.>

Well it doesn't stop folks from picking out a name.

I was kicking around the name:

United Freedom Front, Kind of sounds like Freedom Phalanx whilst stinking of communism, and yes I reserved it so don't go trying to take it.

Thinking about rolling a DP/MM blaster for my loyalist. Ran into a few snags when coming up with a concept for him.

First one being the pistols. Aside from Maelstrom I haven't seen a single loyalist using pistols. They all prefer the power gauntlets. Granted the resistance uses guns (at least they look like regular guns) but shoot energy. I know BV on the resistance side has dual pistols as well.

Then there's the fact he's /Mental Manipulation. You'd think that would land him in the Seers program, except the Seers are only female. Though male psi users exist in Praetoria (just look at the Syndicate). I'm guessing since he's loyalist and psi he'd wind up in Powers Division.

Another is the name. Was considering a super-heroish name at first, but the more I thought about it, the more it wouldn't really fit in. Everyone in Praetoria goes by their real name. For the most part.

Thinking about making a SS/INV tanker Clockwork that speaks in a simplified Clockwork Primer. It would be a nice change in pace.

I've got a couple of characters who are getting rerolled as Loyalists, and would be interested in this. Can't decide which one I'll be playing more of yet, Chakamil Silverspot (Kinetic/Energy Brute) or Diabolesse (AKA Gwenhwyfar D'Shall, Demons/Thermal Mastermind).

Also expect Huntress Houlihan (AR/DM Corruptor) to show up on the Resistance side....